Klaus Piontek

8.8k citations

80 papers · 7.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 41

Co-authors: Gregory G. Germino Thomas Choinowski Feng Qian Wolfgang Blodig Kaspar H. Winterhalter Alessandra Boletta Anil K. Bhunia Luís F. Menezes
Topics: Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (25 papers)Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (22 papers)Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (13 papers)
Cited by: Biotechnology Genetics Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Journals: Nature Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Germany Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Klaus Piontek

80 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Crystal Structure of a Laccase from the FungusTrametes versicolor at 1.90-Å Resolution Containing a Full Complement of Coppers

2002 729 citations Klaus Piontek, Thomas Choinowski et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Co-assembly of polycystin-1 and -2 produces unique cation-permeable currents

2000 661 citations Feng Qian, Alessandra Boletta et al. profile →
The mTOR pathway is regulated by polycystin-1, and its inhibition reverses renal cystogenesis in polycystic kidney disease

2006 612 citations Jonathan M. Shillingford, Noel Murcia et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A comparative structural analysis of the surface properties of asco-laccases 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Heidi A. Ernst,(unknown),(unknown),Klaus Piontek,Dietmar A. Plattner,Lars Østergaard,Sine Larsen,Morten J. Bjerrum	21
2	Simulating Substrate Recognition and Oxidation in Laccases: From Description to Design 2017 ·Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation ·Maria Fátima Lucas,Emanuele Monza,(unknown),Heidi A. Ernst,Klaus Piontek,Morten J. Bjerrum,Ángel T. Martı́nez,Susana Camarero,Vı́ctor Guallar	24
3	Isolation and Profiling of MicroRNA-containing Exosomes from Human Bile 2016 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Ling Li,Klaus Piontek,Vivek Kumbhari,Masaharu Ishida,Florin M. Selaru	15
4	The toolbox of Auricularia auricula-judae dye-decolorizing peroxidase – Identification of three new potential substrate-interaction sites 2014 ·Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·Eric F. Strittmatter,(unknown),Christiane Liers,René Ullrich,Martin Hofrichter,Klaus Piontek,Erik Schleicher,Dietmar A. Plattner	34
5	Small-molecule screening of PC3 prostate cancer cells identifies tilorone dihydrochloride to selectively inhibit cell growth based on cyclin-dependent kinase 5 expression 2014 ·Oncology Reports ·Michel D. Wissing,(unknown),Eunice Kim,Klaus Piontek,Joong Sup Shim,(unknown),Jun O. Liu,Sushant K. Kachhap,Barry D. Nelkin	16
6	Structural Basis of Substrate Conversion in a New Aromatic Peroxygenase 2013 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Klaus Piontek,Eric F. Strittmatter,René Ullrich,Glenn Gröbe,Marek J. Pecyna,Martin Kluge,Katrin Scheibner,Martin Hofrichter,Dietmar A. Plattner	119
7	Polycystin-1 regulates the stability and ubiquitination of transcription factor Jade-1 2012 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·(unknown),Vipul C. Chitalia,Mikhail V. Panchenko,Lirong Zeng,Diego López-Guerra,Joon Woo Lee,Satyavati Rana,Alessandra Boletta,Feng Qian,Leonidas Tsiokas,Klaus Piontek,Gregory G. Germino,Mina I. Zhou,Herbert T. Cohen	15
8	Crystallization of a 45 kDa peroxygenase/peroxidase from the mushroomAgrocybe aegeritaand structure determination by SAD utilizing only the haem iron 2010 ·Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications ·Klaus Piontek,René Ullrich,Christiane Liers,Kay Diederichs,Dietmar A. Plattner,Martin Hofrichter	47
9	Pkd1 and Pkd2 Are Required for Normal Placental Development 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·Miguel A. García-González,Patricia Outeda,Qin Zhou,Fang Zhou,Luís F. Menezes,Feng Qian,David L. Huso,Gregory G. Germino,Klaus Piontek,Terry Watnick	79
10	Inactivation of Pkd1 in principal cells causes a more severe cystic kidney disease than in intercalated cells 2009 ·Kidney International ·Kalani L. Raphael,Kevin A. Strait,Peter K. Stricklett,R. Lance Miller,Raoul D. Nelson,Klaus Piontek,Gregory G. Germino,Donald E. Kohan	46
11	Essential role of cleavage of Polycystin-1 at G protein-coupled receptor proteolytic site for kidney tubular structure 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shengqiang Yu,Karl Hackmann,Jiangang Gao,Xiaobing He,Klaus Piontek,Miguel A. García-González,Luís F. Menezes,Hangxue Xu,Gregory G. Germino,Jianping Zuo,Feng Qian	136
12	A critical developmental switch defines the kinetics of kidney cyst formation after loss of Pkd1 2007 ·Nature Medicine ·Klaus Piontek,Luís F. Menezes,Miguel A. García-González,David L. Huso,Gregory G. Germino	319
13	The mTOR pathway is regulated by polycystin-1, and its inhibition reverses renal cystogenesis in polycystic kidney diseasebreakdown → 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jonathan M. Shillingford,Noel Murcia,(unknown),Seng Hui Low,Ryan C. Hedgepeth,Nicole Brown,Chris A. Flask,Andrew C. Novick,David A. Goldfarb,Albrecht Kramer-Zucker,Gerd Walz,Klaus Piontek,Gregory G. Germino,Thomas Weimbs	612
14	Loss of polycystin-1 or polycystin-2 results in dysregulated apolipoprotein expression in murine tissues via alterations in nuclear hormone receptors 2005 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·(unknown),Klaus Piontek,Elizabeth Garrett‐Mayer,Miguel A. García-González,(unknown),Gregory G. Germino	28
15	PKD1 Induces p21waf1 and Regulation of the Cell Cycle via Direct Activation of the JAK-STAT Signaling Pathway in a Process Requiring PKD2 2002 ·Cell ·Anil K. Bhunia,Klaus Piontek,Alessandra Boletta,Lijuan Liu,Feng Qian,(unknown),F. Joseph Germino,Gregory G. Germino	351
16	Crystal Structure of a Laccase from the FungusTrametes versicolor at 1.90-Å Resolution Containing a Full Complement of Coppersbreakdown → 2002 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Klaus Piontek,(unknown),Thomas Choinowski	729
17	The crystal structure of lignin peroxidase at 1.70 Å resolution reveals a hydroxy group on the C β of tryptophan 171: A novel radical site formed during the redox cycle 1 1Edited by R. Huber 1999 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Thomas Choinowski,Wolfgang Blodig,Kaspar H. Winterhalter,Klaus Piontek	142
18	Identification of chromosome-specific sequence-tagged sites by Alu-PCR 1993 ·Genetic Analysis Biomolecular Engineering ·(unknown),Klaus Piontek,Nicole Brass,(unknown),K. D. Zang,Eckart Meese	3
19	Structure of a ternary complex of an allosteric lactate dehydrogenase from Bacillus stearothermophilus at 2·5 Å resolution 1992 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Dale B. Wigley,S.J. Gamblin,J.P. Turkenburg,E.J. Dodson,Klaus Piontek,H. Muirhead,J. John Holbrook	116
20	The crystal structure of fructose‐1,6‐bisphosphate aldolase fromDrosophila melanogaster at 2.5A˚resolution 1991 ·FEBS Letters ·(unknown),(unknown),Franca Rossi,(unknown),Kaspar H. Winterhalter,(unknown),Klaus Piontek	65

About Klaus Piontek

Klaus Piontek is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Inorganic Chemistry and Genetics, having authored 80 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (25 papers), Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (22 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biotechnology (1.1k citations), Genetics (2.9k citations) and Pathology and Forensic Medicine (1.0k citations). Klaus Piontek has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Gregory G. Germino, Thomas Choinowski, Feng Qian, Wolfgang Blodig, Kaspar H. Winterhalter, Alessandra Boletta, Anil K. Bhunia, Luís F. Menezes, Andrew Smith and Miguel A. García-González. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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